Sports Top Stories
By CHRIS ORLANDO
January 28, 2025
WEST ORANGE, NJ - Alex Benkert totaled three goals and an assist and AJ Albanese had two goals and two assists as the Nutley/Bloomfield/Columbia tri-op ice hockey team settled for a 5-5 tie against Montclair on Sunday night at Codey Arena in West Orange. The Raiders held a 5-2 lead on Benkert's ...
SPARTA, NJ – The high school wrestling regular season is drawing to a close and visions of district, region, and state competition start popping up in daily workouts. But first … Morris Knolls has already clinched at least a tie for the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference’s National Division and ...
The boys swimming relay team of Nick Berger, Matt Beaney, Luke Tipton and Austin Olexa qualified for the Meet of Champions in two relays on Saturday when the Stateliners hosted the Hunterdon-Warren Sussex championships.Berger and Olexa are both juniors and Phillipsburg High School students and ...
ISELIN, NJ - The Spotswood High School boys varsity basketball team continued to roll on Monday, defeating John F. Kennedy 76-66. Brayden Krahling led the offensive charge for Spotswood, scoring a game-high 26 points. The Chargers took a 43-37 lead into halftime and outscored JFK in the final two ...
NEWARK, NJ — Livingston built a 12-point lead after one quarter and went on to a 54-31 girls basketball victory over Newark Tech on Tuesday.Aubrey Cohen scored 13 points and pulled down seven rebounds for Livingston (11-2), which outscored Newark Tech, 15-2, in the second quarter to open a 32-7 ...
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – Tatyanna Watson collected 14 points, five rebounds and four assists to lead a balanced attack for Bayonne in a 73-34 girls basketball victory over North Bergen on Monday.Janaya Meyers and Samara Porch each finished with 13 points and four assists for the Bees (15-4), who had four ...
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ – Caldwell and West Essex have both been seeded in the top eight in the Essex County Tournament that gets underway later this week.Caldwell, seeded fifth, and West Essex, seeded seventh, both receive byes into the round-of-16 on Saturday against opponents to be determined.Caldwell ...
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ – The Seton Hall Prep boys basketball team has been awarded the top seed for the upcoming Essex County Tournament.Arts High School (2) and Payne Tech (3) round out the top three.Locally, Columbia received the 16th seed and will host 17th-seeded Orange on Thursday in a preliminary ...
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ – The Seton Hall Prep boys basketball team has been awarded the top seed for the upcoming Essex County Tournament.Arts High School (2) and Payne Tech (3) round out the top three.Locally, Caldwell received the No. 9 seed and will host 24th-seeded Shabazz in a preliminary round game ...
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ – The Seton Hall Prep boys basketball team has been awarded the top seed for the upcoming Essex County Tournament.Arts High School (2) and Payne Tech (3) round out the top three.Locally, Millburn received the 15th seed and will host 18th-seeded Glen Ridge in a preliminary Thursday ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – The Sayreville War Memorial Girls Basketball team broke a four-game losing streak on Monday. Jan. 27, by defeating Iselin Kennedy at home 51-29.Freshman Natalia Glazewski finished Monday's game with her sixth double-double of the season, leading the Bombers in scoring with 20 ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ - Alex Benkert totaled three goals and an assist and AJ Albanese had two goals and two assists as the Nutley/Bloomfield/Columbia tri-op ice hockey team settled for a 5-5 tie against Montclair on Sunday night at Codey Arena in West Orange. The Raiders held a 5-2 lead on Benkert's ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ – Summit High School boys ice hockey player Patrick Coughlan was named the Salerno Duane Player of the Week following his game-winning goal in a 3-1 victory over Oratory Prep on Monday, January 20. Coughlan’s goal, which came in the third period, proved to be the decisive score in ...
BARNEGAT, NJ -- Emma Thornton put up an impressive double-double with 26 points and 14 rebounds to power Barnegat to a 66-60 victory over Brick Township on Monday.The Bengals (13-2) jumped out to a 36-28 halftime lead, but Brick Township battled back in the second half, outscoring Barnegat 32-30.
OCEAN - The Barnegat Boys Wrestling team grappled with Ocean Township on Monday and fell short by a score of 56-23. Highlights for the Bengals were pins by Omar Genis, Jayden Nieto, and Gerald Miller; John Giblock was also victorious. Ocean 56 Barnegat 23 190: Nicholas Allen (OCTO) over Jean ...
BLOOMFIELD, NJ-- The Bloomfield High School Athlete of the Month for January is Senior Hockey Team Captain Alex Benkert. Alex has lit the lamp over 100 times, the most goals for any current NJ high school hockey player. He recently eclipsed the 200-point barrier and is the leading scorer in program ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Junior guard Angel Smith scored 31 points to lead Woodbridge to a 65-62 girls basketball victory over Highland Park in overtime on Monday.Bobbi Jo Timinski finished with 14 points for Woodbridge (3-13), which made up a three-point deficit in the final quarter and then outscored ...
ISELIN, NJ — Brayden Krahling scored 26 points to lead Spotswood to a 76-66 boys basketball victory over JFK-Iselin on Monday.Junior forward Grant Lorentzen finished with 24 points for JFK-Iselin (4-9), which was trailing, 43-37, after a high-scoring opening half. Lorentzen is averaging a ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ - Alex Benkert totaled three goals and an assist and AJ Albanese had two goals and two assists as the Nutley/Bloomfield/Columbia tri-op ice hockey team settled for a 5-5 tie against Montclair on Sunday night at Codey Arena in West Orange. The Raiders held a 5-2 lead on Benkert's ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Hamilton West built a 14-point lead by halftime and went on to a 63-35 boys basketball victory over New Brunswick on Monday.Sean Turner scored 16 points for Hamilton West (3-15), which outscored New Brunswick, 12-7, in the second quarter to open a 24-10 halftime ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - The Madison High School bowling team fell to Montville, 7-0 on Monday afternoon. Madison 123TOTHSHGAVGGPGamesJoaquin Soler226137205568568226189.3313Brennan Cullis132174169475475174158.3313Jordan McMillan170176176522522176174.0013Sam Bedoya197178153528528197176.0013Toon ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - On Thursday, Jan. 23, the bowling teams traveled to Cortandt Lanes and completed the 2024-25 season. A complement of four, the girls' loss to North Salem left the year on an even keel.“It was a good, solid season," said Coach Paul Plutzker, “we finished around 500.”The numbers ...
MENDHAM, NJ - Iron Girl Project, Inc. (IGP) is pleased to announce that the 2025 Alexea G. Karpinski Memorial Scholarship application is now open for all graduating high school senior athletes who are current residents of New Jersey and enrolling full-time in an accredited undergraduate ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Registration is currently available to kids in grades 4 through 8 for the Spring 2025 Jr Lancer Track Program through Livingston’s Recreation & Senior Services department.This instructional program is designed to teach the fundamentals of running events, turbo javelin, and ...
MADISON, NJ - The Madison boys basketball defeated Kinnelon 87-52 on Monday afternoon. Gavin Randall led Madison with 22 points. Michael Liddy contributed 11 points and Ryan Nallin finished with 10. Madison started off strong 30 points in the first quarter, adding another 17 points in the second.
NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – In an exciting overtime showdown on January 27, 2025, North Plainfield secured a narrow victory over Timothy Christian in overtime , 65-63. The scoring was tightly contested throughout the game , with Timothy Christian leading after the first quarter 11-8. However, North ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Senior Gavin Hawk became Phillipsburg High School’s all-time winningest wrestler and the Stateliners took out their recent frustrations to the tune of a 47-15 drubbing against a rebuilding Warren Hills squad on Monday night in the ‘Liners gym.Hawk decked Johan Venegas Mosos at ...
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ – Hillsborough scored two goals in the last five minutes to clinch a 6-3 ice hockey victory over Hunterdon Central on Monday.Kyle Easley and Lucas Yarrow each passed for two assists for Hunterdon Central (3-12), which trailed, 3-2 until 4:17 were left in the game.Brady ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - The Gov. Livingston Highlanders had an outstanding performance at the Union County Swim Championships this past weekend, held at the Jersey Aquatic Center in New Providence. The team posted impressive individual and relay results, securing multiple county titles and setting new ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – The Wood-Ridge Board of Education has approved the appointment of Andrew Carbone as its head football coach for the 2025 season, replacing Joe Cutrona, who stepped down at the end of the season.Superintendent Anthony Albro discussed Carbone during his report, noting he also has ...